From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97C1BC4338F for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2021 08:16:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2A00B61247 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2021 08:16:45 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org 2A00B61247 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([::1]:54484 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mIo5U-0007Xf-2L for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Wed, 25 Aug 2021 04:16:44 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48582) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mIo4f-0006n7-Vr for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 25 Aug 2021 04:15:54 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([216.205.24.124]:50110) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mIo4e-000556-8V for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 25 Aug 2021 04:15:53 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1629879351; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=YYeJbCkUDTjZThER948I8hjKg6BeyYLG33dntXfKj1M=; b=YWG469bTRrmdvsRg6JalttbJw3Xi+f51ffal+yMZrkMtIAIK20DJIxxQpHdNLFwLxHP3jR KQzcjlFHMNGQNPsxYyE8tjGv0pyY0ijMRicUO3UfdcHGQkf7LZM2DJNZq2tTc01Sk1kk9h CnAlYKyjsIn7WorNCY+llf7laL8K/2c= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-295-ZTtmN3LrNMm0VPzxdvF-OA-1; Wed, 25 Aug 2021 04:15:48 -0400 X-MC-Unique: ZTtmN3LrNMm0VPzxdvF-OA-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E06E519611A0; Wed, 25 Aug 2021 08:15:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blackfin.pond.sub.org (ovpn-112-4.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.112.4]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9E85E5C1D1; Wed, 25 Aug 2021 08:15:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by blackfin.pond.sub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2243811380A9; Wed, 25 Aug 2021 10:15:45 +0200 (CEST) From: Markus Armbruster To: Christian Schoenebeck Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] qemu/qarray.h: introduce QArray References: <8735qydhqf.fsf@dusky.pond.sub.org> <3111762.5NimiMBNql@silver> <30752721.RNLqSdXVJZ@silver> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2021 10:15:45 +0200 In-Reply-To: <30752721.RNLqSdXVJZ@silver> (Christian Schoenebeck's message of "Tue, 24 Aug 2021 17:28:21 +0200") Message-ID: <87v93u6itq.fsf@dusky.pond.sub.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.16 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=armbru@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain Received-SPF: pass client-ip=216.205.24.124; envelope-from=armbru@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -34 X-Spam_score: -3.5 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.5 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.747, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Richard Henderson , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Greg Kurz Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" Christian Schoenebeck writes: > On Dienstag, 24. August 2021 17:24:50 CEST Christian Schoenebeck wrote: >> On Dienstag, 24. August 2021 16:45:12 CEST Markus Armbruster wrote: >> > Christian Schoenebeck writes: >> > > On Dienstag, 24. August 2021 10:22:52 CEST Markus Armbruster wrote: >> > [...] >> > >> > >> Please use GPLv2+ unless you have a compelling reason not to. >> > >> >> > >> [...] >> > > >> > > Is that a requirement? >> > > >> > > It is just my personal license preference. AFAICS there are numerous >> > > sources in QEMU released under MIT license as well. >> > >> > The licensing situation is a mess. >> > >> > The only hard requirement is "compatible with GPLv2+". We prefer GPLv2+ >> > for new code, except as detailed in ./LICENSE. We're stuck with a >> > sizable body of existing code that is GPLv2 (no +), but decided to put >> > limits to that madness. Again, see ./LICENSE for details. >> > >> > I'm asking you to help with limiting the madness by sticking to GPLv2+ >> > whenever possible. >> >> Okay, I see that there is quite a homogenous license structure in Qemu. Self-inflicted wound. We should have insisted on GPLv2+. >> However the MIT license is a very permissive license, so I don't see any >> conflicts. > > s/homogenous/heterogeneous/ > >> What if I release this file under public domain? That's not even copyleft at >> all. What that be OK for you? > > "Would" that be OK for you? My preference: GPLv2+ > MIT > public domain. If you go with anything but GPLv2+, please explain why in your commit message. One sentence should suffice, say "MIT license to minimize license issues when "stealing" this code for other projects." >> My idea was that people might simply take this header file and use it in >> other C projects as well. Putting it under GPL might cause conflicts for >> other projects.